Day: July 22, 2017

The President of the United States Donald trump took part in the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier “Gerald Ford”, reports Associated Press. The ceremony was held in Norfolk, Virginia. Speaking on Board the vessel, trump criticized the previous administration, which made the lack of investment in new military technology. In this regard, trump has called on Congress to “do its job” and to increase funding for the military. The President called the carrier “a 100,000-ton message to the world”, indicating American military power. “Wherever the ship cuts through the horizon, our allies will be relaxed, and our enemies will tremble with fear because everyone will know what America is, and America is strong,” he said. The new generation of aircraft carrier “Gerald Ford” was officially transferred to the naval forces of the United States in early June. This is the first nuclear aircraft carrier of the new type entered

The European Union considers new sanctions against Russia and Iran, the bill which is considered in the U.S. Congress, can damage the economic and energy interests of the EU to entail “broad and indiscriminate” “unintended consequences,” especially in efforts to diversify energy sources from Russia, reports Reuters. The EU urged Washington to continue to coordinate with its partners of the “group of seven” and warn about unintended consequences. In Brussels stressed the importance of “all possible new measures be coordinated among the international partners to maintain unity on sanctions, which underlie the efforts towards the full implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The European Commission has warned about possible “broad and indiscriminate” “unintended consequences”, particularly in relation to the EU’s efforts to diversify energy sources from Russia. It is noted that the intention of the US to accept the bill due mainly to internal reasons. Germany has already warned of possible

Photo: The constitutional court did not accept the complaint about the transfer of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, reads the card case on the official website of the court. According to the card, the court refused to accept for consideration the complaint of deputies of legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky and Paul Shapkina, who asked to recognize unconstitutional the law “On transfer to religious organizations property of religious significance owned by the state or municipal ownership. The COP recognized that the applicants contested norm did not violate their rights and not deprive them of the right to judicial protection of their interests. The situation around St. Isaac’s Cathedral caused a public outcry when the authorities of St. Petersburg decided to transfer the Cathedral for 49 years, the Russian Orthodox Church in the free use with preserving the Museum and educational functions. Later they said that

Photo: RIA Novosti Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that sold at auction Monaco Legends “watch Putin” does not have any relationship to the Russian leader. About it reports TASS. According to Peskov, “the auction house is likely to deceived buyers” using the name of Putin, and “good clocked the price.” The press Secretary said that the Kremlin will not respond to the sale hours. “We were not going to establish some sort of connection [and hours of the President]. It is such from the category of curiosities theme that’s not part of our relationship,” he said, adding that he was “sorry for the buyer.” “The case Ostap Bender lives,” concluded Sands. Informed the auction house of Monaco Legends said about watches Patek Philippe Triple Complication, the owner of which was a certain Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. It was reported that the watch went under the hammer for 1,054

Kensington Palace published a photo of the birthday Prince George Son of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate was four years old. Prince George — first child of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate on Saturday 22 July was four years old. On this occasion, the British Royal family released an official portrait of the little Prince, BBC reports. Publication from Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) Jul 21 2017 2:03 PDT During the download an error has occurred. Picture of a laughing George posted on Instagram of Kensington Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to share the picture taken by the Royal photographer from Getty Chris Jackson.Kensington Palace “It’s such a happy kid taking a photo with him — such fun,” said the photographer who took this picture at the end of June. The Prince celebrates his birthday with his parents, who on Friday completed

Held in several districts of St. Petersburg hail had melted by evening Users of social networks on Saturday, posted pictures of the white cover on the streets, which they mistook for snow. SAINT PETERSBURG, July 22. /TASS/. Meteorologists of St. Petersburg recorded hail in the Northern capital in July Saturday, in the evening it melted, more precipitation until the end of the day is not expected. About TASS reported in the North-West Hydrometeorological centre. During the download an error has occurred. Publication from AlekSandra?MilaNa? (@aleksasha_00) Jul 22 2017 9:18 PDT During the download an error has occurred. “Today in the city for 11 minutes there was a hail, there was no snow. More hail are expected today”, — said the Agency interlocutor. At the same time, users of social networks on Saturday, posted pictures of the white cover on the streets, which they mistook for snow. During the download an

Sergey Kislyak Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak on Saturday, July 22, completed his mission in Washington. About it RIA Novosti reported the press Secretary of the Embassy, Nikolai Lahonin “Before the arrival of his successor functions chargé d’affaires of the Russian Federation in USA will be done by a Counsellor Denis Vladimirovich Gonchar”, — he said. Before returning Kislyak to Russia, July 21, the Embassy hosted farewell reception for colleagues and friends. The diplomat said goodbye to living in the United States countrymen and wished them all the best. July 18, “Interfax” with reference to sources reported that Kislyak may be delegated to the Federation Council after the September elections. May 18 the candidature of Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Anatoly Antonov to the post of Ambassador to the United States approved by the state Duma Committee on international Affairs, and after four days — the relevant Committee

Dmitry Peskov The Kremlin is “very negative” to assess the bill on sanctions against Russia and Iran, which is considered in the U.S. Congress. On Saturday, July 22, told RIA Novosti press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov. “Extremely negative”, — he said in answer to the question, how do you evaluate this bill in the Kremlin. Earlier on Saturday on the website of the U.S. Congress published the text of the bill. Measures should relate to the oil and gas and banking sectors of the Russian economy. The document, in particular, provides resistance to the project “Northern stream-2”. A number of major us financial and industrial conglomerates, including BP, Exxon, MasterCard, Visa, Citigroup, Ford, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, General Electric and Caterpillar, have criticized the draft of the new restrictions. Also dissatisfaction expressed by the European Union, stating that in the case of a law can be consequences that

Trump took part in the launching of the newest US aircraft carrier The President of the United States Donald trump took part in the ceremony of commissioning the new aircraft carrier Gerald Ford in the port city of Norfolk in the U.S. state of Virginia. The video of the ceremony posted on the page of the White house You Tube. As noted by ABC News, the ship was built for $13 billion, making it the most expensive in the history of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Trump called the new ship “the biggest, most modern aircraft carrier in the world.” He stressed that it is his opinion. In his speech, trump thanked all servicemen and civilians who took part in the creation of the ship. The US President called the carrier “a fortress at sea” and “work of art”. The ship is the pride of the U.S. Navy and a

Sergey Kislyak concluded the work of Ambassador to the United States The functions of chargé d’affaires will perform Denis Gonchar. WASHINGTON, July 22. /TASS/. Sergey Kislyak has completed its work as the Russian Ambassador to the United States, the functions of chargé d’affaires of the Russian Federation in USA will be done by a Counsellor Denis Gonchar. This is stated in a statement on Saturday the statement of the Russian Embassy in the us capital. “Ambassador Sergey Kislyak has completed his mission in Washington. Before the arrival of his successor functions chargé d’affaires of the Russian Federation in USA will be done by a Counsellor D. V. Gonchar,” reads the statement. In late June, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov did not answer reporters, whether appointed new Russian Ambassador to the U.S., putting these issues before the official announcement is kept secret. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said